one of those stories i wish i was in.

"Good afternoon!" He smiled at her as she entered. She shot him a glare and did not respond.

Today is off to a great start.

It was an awkwardly silent ride down to the first floor. The girl got as close to the elevator door as possible and slipped through as soon as the crack was large enough. He stepped off and by the time he was out of the dorm building the girl was gone. He put his earbuds in and opened up a screenshot of the campus map. After a few wrong turns and a quick stop to watch a bunny eat the flowers in front of the Admissions center, he made it to the Fine Arts complex. He found the room and entered at 1:29, fashionably early.

Plenty of students had already filed in and were milling about. He stood away from the group of talkatives and found another freshman guy leaning against the wall.

Here goes nothing.

"Hello!" Tim waved to him. He looked up and smiled shyly. He had a very warm smile coupled with deep dimples.

"Hey." He responded. Tim walked closer and leaned on the wall next to him.

"So what are you doing at a speed friending event?"

"Looking for someone to talk to."

"I know the friending usually happens during the event but it helps to know someone!"

"True."

There was an awkward silence between the two as the other freshman clicked away on his phone. Tim, determined not to let his effort go in vain, asked him his name.

"It's Sam." Sam replied. Just then several upperclassmen stepped into the room with bright green shirts on.

"Alright everybody! Please take a seat at a table with your number on it!"

What. I didn't see a number ot grab! Being fashionably early really screwed me on this one. He contemplated walking out before someone poked his arm. Sam handed him a small slip of paper. "I grabbed two."

"Thank you! Do you have future sight or something?"

"Or something."

Tim thanked him again and went looking for his table. Maybe he would be able to talk to Sam afterwards, he seemed like a quiet guy. Another reason he was doing this was to search for potential roommates for the next semester, and so far Sam fit the bill tip and all.